{"id":42648,"date":"2026-04-01T19:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T19:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/42648\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T19:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T19:28:10","slug":"na-plzenske-slavnosti-svobody-miri-americky-veteran-par-dni-predtim-oslavi-stovku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/42648\/","title":{"rendered":"Na plze\u0148sk\u00e9 Slavnosti svobody m\u00ed\u0159\u00ed americk\u00fd veter\u00e1n. P\u00e1r dn\u00ed p\u0159edt\u00edm oslav\u00ed stovku"},"content":{"rendered":"

Josepha Thurmonda vyp\u00e1tral historik Ji\u0159\u00ed Kl\u016fc. \u201eObjevil jsem ho p\u0159ed dv\u011bma lety, kdy\u017e se \u00fa\u010dastnil oslav osmdes\u00e1t\u00e9ho v\u00fdro\u010d\u00ed vylod\u011bn\u00ed v\u00a0Normandii,\u201c \u0159ekl Novink\u00e1m Kl\u016fc. Veter\u00e1na pot\u00e9 kontaktoval amat\u00e9rsk\u00fd historik Jan Horsky: \u201eS Josephem jsme se poznali minul\u00fd rok v\u00a0srpnu v\u00a0jeho domov\u011b nedaleko hlavn\u00edho m\u011bsta Indiany. Od t\u00e9 doby jsem ho nav\u0161t\u00edvil t\u0159ikr\u00e1t osobn\u011b a\u00a0stali jsme se p\u0159\u00e1teli.\u201c<\/p>\n

Horsky cestu Josepha Thurmonda do \u010ceska organizuje i\u00a0finan\u010dn\u011b za\u0161ti\u0165uje. \u201eJe pro mne velkou ct\u00ed doprov\u00e1zet stolet\u00e9ho Josepha p\u0159i jeho n\u00e1vratu do \u010cesk\u00e9 republiky. Je to jedine\u010dn\u00fd moment, proto\u017ee veter\u00e1n\u016f 94.\u00a0p\u011b\u0161\u00ed divize se k\u00a0n\u00e1m po roce 1989\u00a0vr\u00e1tilo jen relativn\u011b m\u00e1lo,\u201c uvedl Horsky. Veter\u00e1n by se m\u011bl z\u00fa\u010dastnit tradi\u010dn\u00edho konvoje, kter\u00fd m\u011bstem projede v\u00a0ned\u011bli 3.\u00a0kv\u011btna a\u00a0krom\u011b Plzn\u011b nav\u0161t\u00edv\u00ed i\u00a0dal\u0161\u00ed m\u00edsta v\u00a0republice – Prahu, \u010cesk\u00fd Krumlov, Ro\u017emberk nad Vltavou, St\u0159elsk\u00e9 Ho\u0161tice, Hora\u017e\u010fovice, Rab\u00ed, Su\u0161ici a\u00a0Klatovy.<\/p>\n

Tenkr\u00e1t na z\u00e1pad\u011b<\/p>\n

Thurmond u\u00a0n\u00e1s vykon\u00e1val str\u00e1\u017en\u00ed slu\u017ebu. \u201eVyhled\u00e1vali jsme \u00fakryty nep\u0159\u00e1tel, ni\u010dili zbran\u011b, likvidovali nevybuchlou munici, zasyp\u00e1vali kr\u00e1tery po v\u00fdbu\u0161\u00edch a\u00a0zaji\u0161\u0165ovali zajatce, kte\u0159\u00ed byli n\u00e1sledn\u011b p\u0159ev\u00e1\u017eeni do v\u011bt\u0161\u00edch zajateck\u00fdch t\u00e1bor\u016f,\u201c vzpom\u00ednal. \u201eP\u016fsobili jsme ve m\u011bstech z\u00e1padn\u00edho \u010ceskoslovenska, jako jsou Klatovy nebo St\u0159elsk\u00e9 Ho\u0161tice. Na konci roku 1945\u00a0jsem byl p\u0159evelen k\u00a051.\u00a0sign\u00e1ln\u00edmu sboru u\u00a0Mnichova, kde jsem hl\u00eddal a\u00a0doprov\u00e1zel n\u011bmeck\u00e9 zajatce a\u00a0dohl\u00ed\u017eel na jejich pr\u00e1ci p\u0159i odkl\u00edzen\u00ed trosek,\u201c konstatoval Joseph Thurmond.<\/p>\n

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Ameri\u010dt\u00ed a\u00a0belgi\u010dt\u00ed veter\u00e1ni, kte\u0159\u00ed se pod\u00edleli p\u0159\u00edmo na osvobozen\u00ed Plzn\u011b, na Slavnosti svobody u\u017e n\u011bkolik let nejezd\u00ed. \u0158ada z\u00a0nich zem\u0159ela, jin\u00fdm to nedovol\u00ed vysok\u00fd v\u011bk. \u201eM\u00e1me potvrzenou \u00fa\u010dast u\u00a0v\u011bt\u0161iny rodin americk\u00fdch a\u00a0belgick\u00fdch osvoboditel\u016f. V\u0161ichni budou i\u00a0letos vz\u00e1cn\u00fdmi hosty oslav,\u201c sd\u011blil prim\u00e1tor Roman Zarzyck\u00fd (ANO).<\/p>\n

Loni d\u00edky Kl\u016fcovi dorazil Harry Humason, kter\u00fd slou\u017eil u\u00a02.\u00a0p\u011b\u0161\u00edho pluku p\u00e1t\u00e9 p\u011b\u0161\u00ed divize 3.\u00a0arm\u00e1dy gener\u00e1la Pattona a\u00a0pod\u00edlel se na osvobozen\u00ed ji\u017en\u00edch \u010cech, konkr\u00e9tn\u011b Volar na Prachaticku. Zda p\u0159ijede i\u00a0letos, Kl\u016fc komentovat necht\u011bl. \u201eChyst\u00e1m p\u0159ekvapen\u00ed na za\u010d\u00e1tek kv\u011btna,\u201c prozradil pouze.<\/p>\n

Ned\u011bln\u00ed konvoj<\/p>\n

Program Slavnost\u00ed svobody za\u010dne v\u00a0p\u00e1tek 1.\u00a0kv\u011btna, kdy se otev\u0159ou br\u00e1ny vojensk\u00fdch historick\u00fdch kemp\u016f v\u00a0sadech i\u00a0parku za obchodn\u00edm centrem Plaza. O\u010dek\u00e1van\u00fd konvoj historick\u00fdch vojensk\u00fdch vozidel projede Plzn\u00ed v\u00a0ned\u011bli. Ve st\u0159edu 6.\u00a0kv\u011btna oslavy symbolicky uzav\u0159e hlavn\u00ed vzpom\u00ednkov\u00fd akt u\u00a0pam\u00e1tn\u00edku \u201eD\u00edky, Ameriko!\u201c.<\/p>\n

Kv\u016fli rekonstrukci bude letos mimo hru n\u00e1m\u011bst\u00ed Republiky. \u201eKulturn\u00ed nab\u00eddka tak bude rozprost\u0159ena na n\u011bkolika jin\u00fdch sc\u00e9n\u00e1ch,\u201c upozornila mluv\u010d\u00ed magistr\u00e1tu Eva Barborkov\u00e1. Nap\u0159\u00edklad amfite\u00e1tr za Plazou bude v\u00a0p\u00e1tek ve\u010der hostit Plze\u0148skou filharmonii.<\/p>\n

Foto: archiv Josepha Thurmonda<\/p>\n

Joseph Thurmond slou\u017eil u\u00a094.\u00a0p\u011b\u0161\u00ed divize americk\u00e9 arm\u00e1dy<\/p>\n

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